RECALLS
Product recalls announced within the past week. Details are available in most cases at www.cpsc.gov and other Web sites or telephone numbers listed.
Sesame candy
Walong Marketing Inc. of Buena Park, Calif., is recalling 3.5-ounce bags of Flying Horse black and white sesame chewy candy because it could contain peanuts that are not listed on the label. The FDA has received one consumer complaint about an allergic reaction. The candy was sold nationwide. For more details, call 714-670-8899 extension 137.
Apparel
About 11,800 girls' hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings sold under the Candy Queen and Akademiks brand names are being recalled because they have drawstrings through the hoods that can pose a strangulation hazard to children. The sweatshirts were made in China and Pakistan and distributed by Weeplay Kids LLC of New York. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The sweatshirts have style numbers Q37519, A22090, A393343-3, A79405-226 and A79462-1. They were sold at small retail stores nationwide from February through November 2008. For more details, call 800-505-0490.
--About 3,900 "Old Skool" girls' hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings, made in China and imported by Bobens Trading Co. Inc. of Hicksville, N.Y., are being recalled because the sweatshirts' drawstrings through the hood can pose a strangulation hazard to children. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The recall involves "Old Skool" girls' hooded sweatshirts with long or short sleeves. The style numbers include GC5810, GV105, GV104 and GF254. The sweatshirts were sold at Burlington Coat Factory stores nationwide from November 2007 to September 2009. For more details, call 516-433-8490 or visit www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com.
--About 2,400 children's hooded jackets with the brands Blue Heart and Just a Girl. The jackets, made in China and imported by Franshaw Inc. of New York, have drawstrings through the hood that can pose a strangulation hazard to children. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The jackets were sold at Burlington Coat Factory stores nationwide from September 2006 through September 2009.
--About 1,900 Attitude Gold children's hooded sweatshirts, made in China and distributed by Baycreek Inc. of New York, are being recalled because the drawstrings through the hood can pose a strangulation hazard to children. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The recalled clothes have style numbers ZZJ-01J, ZZJ-2J, ZZJ-04J or ZZJ-5J printed on the hangtag. They were sold at Burlington Coat Factory and Modecraft Fashions stores nationwide from October 2008 through June 2009. For more details, call 212-279-2777.
Sensors
About 9,400 GE Telaire Airestat and Carrier Single Beam Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Temperature Sensors, made in the U.S. and distributed by GE Infrastructure Sensing Inc. of Billerica, Mass., are being recalled. The CO2 and temperature sensors can overheat, posing a fire hazard. GE received three reports of a cracked capacitor causing the product to overheat and smoke. No injuries have been reported. The recalled sensors, which are wall-mounted, were sold for commercial use. The products were distributed between November 2000 and March 2005. For more details, call 877-243-5086 or visit www.gesensing.com.
Pump parts
About 38,000 Pumptec electric motor controllers for submersible pump systems, made in the U.S. by Franklin Electric Co., of Bluffton, Ind., are being recalled because the product label can come loose and expose circuitry, posing a shock hazard. No incidents or injuries have been reported. They were sold at dealers nationwide from June 2006 through November 2009. For more details, call 866-841-6039.
Granola bars
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc. is recalling all date codes of Fresh & Easy Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems. No illnesses have been reported, according to the El Segundo, Calif., company. The recalled products were sold in Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores in California, Nevada and Arizona. For more information, consumers can call 800-648-8622.
Salami
Federal officials say Rhode Island-based Daniele International is expanding its recall of salami products that may be contaminated with salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Tuesday that 115,000 pounds of salami products manufactured by the Burrillville meat company were being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination from crushed red pepper.
Daniele recalled more than 1 million pounds of salami coated in black pepper last month. The expanded recall includes several products that were distributed nationwide and have sell-by dates ranging from Feb. 3 through May 26. Testing is continuing to determine if the red pepper products contain the same salmonella strain that has sickened more than 200 people in at least 42 states since July.
For more details, consumers can call 888-345-4160 or go to www.danielefoods.com.
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